1. Education for Social Work
Chapter 3
Education for Social Work

2. Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards
Purpose of baccalaureate programs
Values and ethics
Diversity
Population-at-risk and Social and Economic Justice
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3. Social Work Education Human Behavior and Social Environment
Social Welfare Policy and Services
Social Work Practice
Research
Field education
Advanced curriculum content
CSWE competency-based statements
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4. The Master’s Program
Increase in the number of schools offering master’s programs
Educational objectives
Concentrations
Admissions to the master’s program
Qualifications
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5. Evaluating Master’s Programs
Educators must constantly evaluate curriculum and impact on students
Foundation: Practice, social policy, research, & field education
1940s & 50s human behavior theories
Focused on Freud, psychoanalysis, & dysfunctional behavior
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6. Evaluating Master’s Programs
The civil rights movement of the 1960s:
Shift in human behavior content to include conflict, power, and social injustice
1980s: a wide range of human behavior theories were promoted/taught
1990s: behavior modification, cognitive therapy, and systems theory
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7. Evaluating Master’s Programs
“Life span,” “ecological perspective,” “bio-psychosocial,” “social systems” approach
Used by 70% of schools
Focus on “disorder,” “dysfunctional behavior,” or “abnormal behavior.”
In 3% of schools
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8. The Baccalaureate Program
What must each “accredited” undergraduate program demonstrate?
A foundation in liberal arts, research, human behavior, and social environment,
Social welfare policies and services, social work practice skills & practical experience
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9. The Baccalaureate Program
Learning atmosphere to share student inadequacies, fears, or educational gaps
The importance of the field seminar and practice sequence classes
Educational goals in undergraduate programs
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10. The Baccalaureate Program
Admissions
What procedures need to take place for a student to enter social work programs?
Interviews
Fieldwork placement centers
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11. The Doctoral Program
Preparation of professional social workers for leadership positions
Requirements
Purpose
Curriculum
Emphasis on continuing scholarship
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12. The Doctoral Program
Develop abilities in organization, extending, testing, communication, and applying knowledge
Best practices
Improve social work curriculum
Courses from other departments of the university are usually recommended
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13. Continuing Education
Continuing education is an essential part of social work education
Fulfills the demands of moving up the ladder of practice, meeting new challenges,
Developing new skills, and building a knowledge base
A network of learning
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14. Student Participation in Social Work Education
Student complaints in the 1960s
Students are now more involved and identified
Stipends and Scholarships
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15. Council on Social Work Education
CSWE schools have raised their standards of training, tightened admission
requirements, and shifted to core concentrations and specialties
The importance of the basics
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16. Summary
Social work resulted from the demand for trained staff in the human service system
Curricular models
The CSWE
Continuing education
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